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authorTrevor Johnson <trevor@FreeBSD.org>2004-04-10 17:11:02 +0000
committerTrevor Johnson <trevor@FreeBSD.org>2004-04-10 17:11:02 +0000
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-This set of scripts addresses the need to get a non-postscript printer
-working quickly, so that documentation files and manual pages can be
-printed. The scripts work for printers using or compatible with PCL
-(Hewlett-Packard's Printer Command Language). A few printers (the
-Cannon Bubblejet, for example) use neither PCL nor postscript.
-
-Some relatively simple scripts for printing a document (qp and qp.awk)
-are provided, as well as qpm for printing manual pages. Basically these
-short scripts convert unix line endings to ones PCL printers understand
-and select a font to use.
-
-Two more complex awk scripts--pcl.awk and pagin.awk--understand PCL
-printer codes when encountered in a file, and thus it is possible,
-when using these scripts, to change fonts, apply bold, underline, or
-italic to a word or group of words, do footnotes, preserve a table,
-and number pages in a default font. The scripts automatically adjust
-for the font and size of type both horizontally (knowing how many
-letters to print on a line) and vertically (line spacing). Using
-pagin.awk it is also possible to double space, for example.
-
-Files with printer codes are provided to make it easier to put printer
-codes into documents. It is awkward neverthless, but it does what it
-does in something like 32k of space instead of the multi-megabyte files
-of more elaborate programs, such as the excellent apsfilter, which
-enables the printer to emulate postscript. As WordPerfect becomes more
-available for Unix platforms and maintains its interoperability with
-Windows versions, it should become better and easier to use, as should
-other components of its office suit and that of others.
-
- In the mean time pclprint is free, takes little space, and does
-a reasonably good job for many tasks.
+ These scripts address the need to get a non-postscript printer working
+quickly so documentation files and manual pages can be printed. The scripts
+work for printers using or compatible with PCL (Hewlett-Packard's Printer
+Command Language). A few printers (the Canon Bubblejet, for example) use
+neither PCL nor postscript.
+ Simple scripts for printing a document (qp and qp.awk) are provided, as
+well as qpm for printing manual pages. These scripts convert unix line endings
+to ones PCL printers understand and select a font to use.
+ Two more complex awk scripts--pcl.awk and pagin.awk--understand PCL
+printer codes when encountered in a file, and thus it is possible, when using
+these scripts, to change fonts, apply bold, underline, or italic to a word or
+group of words, do footnotes, preserve a table, and number pages in a default
+font. The scripts adjust for the font and size of type horizontally (how many
+letters to print on a line) and vertically (line spacing). Using pagin.awk it
+is also possible to double space, for example.
+ Files with printer codes are provided to make it easier to put printer
+codes into documents. It is still awkward, but it needs only about 32k of
+space instead of the multi-megabyte files of more elaborate programs, such as
+the excellent apsfilter, which enables the printer to emulate postscript.
-- Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.Stanford.EDU>